It's a bit steep but definitely doable. Make sure to learn and practice, practice, practice self-arrest before the trip and you should be fine. Be sure to get an "alpine start" (get up before first light and start in the dark or at first light) or you stand a good chance of coming back down when the chute is starting to get icy and hard. We made that mistake and fiddled around in the morning getting started which put us back to the top of the chute around 3:30ish(?) and it had gotten shady at the top which made downclimbing a real pain. We ended up glissading the bottom half where the snow got softer.
Last edited by John P.; 04/29/11 04:20 AM.
